Community Corner

Tune into Community Corner on Saturdays at 7am hosted by Delaney Willson. We’ll spotlight Nashville nonprofits and community causes by interviewing representatives from the local organizations working to solve the issues facing our city.

At the heart of the Volunteer State is Nashville, Tennessee. At the heart of Nashville are the people who make up our communities. So tune in, get educated, and get involved!

Listen to our archived episodes below, including interviews by Nicole Cowan Buckley!

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Hands On Nashville Announces 2022 Strobel Awards 

Hands On Nashville has announced this year’s recipients of the Mary Catherine Strobel Awards, presented by Jackson National Life Insurance Company. These annual awards...

Community Corner: Suicide Prevention In The African American Faith Community Coalition

For this episode of Community Corner we're speaking with Gwen Hamer, the Director of Education and Development within the Tennessee Department of Mental Health...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Community Corner

This week on community corner we welcome Chelsea Trout and Katherine Hofstetter, Board member and Development Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. What is Cystic...

Nashville By Nicole: Instruction Partners

Meet Emily Freitag, CEO of Instruction Partners!
Best Buddies

Best Buddies TN: Community Corner

On today's community corner we are joined by Will Macon, the director of Best Buddies TN! Best Buddies works to make people with intellectual...

Equal Access – Community Corner

Today on Community Corner we talked to Tiffany Provenzano, a Director of Equal Access. Equal Access is a program that works to lift underrepresented...

Community Corner: Persist Nashville

This week on Community Corner, we sat down with Scott Campbell of Persist Nashville, a local nonprofit seeking to increase the college graduation rate...

Greater Nashville Music Census – Community Corner

On this episode of Community Corner, Dan Buckley talks with Chris Cobb, president of Music Venue Alliance Nashville, about the Greater Nashville Music Census.  Music...

Lynn Goldsmith: Community Corner

This week on Community Corner we mixed it up a little, chatting with renowned photographer Lynn Goldsmith about her upcoming exhibit at The Centennial...

Nashville By Nicole: Ride For Reading

Meet Brenda Mikec, Director of Ride For Reading! 
Alzheimer's Association Community Corner

Community Corner – Alzheimer’s Association

In an interview with representatives of Alzheimer's Association, Laura Musgrave and Jacob Rice, Bill Fondren learns about the organization and upcoming events. Laura Musgrave...

Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & Other Addiction Services (TAADAS): Community...

For this week's episode of Community Corner, we sat down with Mary Linden Salter, Executive Director of the Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug &...

Bridges For the Deaf And Hard of Hearing: Community Corner

On this episode of Community Corner, Bill Fondren sits down with Nancy Denning-Martin, President and CEO of Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of...

Thistle Farms: Community Corner

For this episode of Community Corner, we're speaking with Kristen Beckham, the executive assistant to Thistle Farms' founder Becca Stevens. Thistle Farms is the...

Hands On Nashville Strobel Awards Announced

On Thursday, July 1st, Hands On Nashville announced the recipients of the 2021 Mary Catherine Strobel Awards. The annual awards honor individuals in the...

Lightning 100 hosts Sixty Five Roses Radiothon

What is Cystic Fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that affects the lungs, pancreas, and other organs. There are close to 40,000 children...
imagine nashville community corner

Imagine Nashville – Community Corner

In this interview with Bill Fondren, Renata Soto invites the people of Nashville to build our ideal city together as a community through Imagine...

The Nashville Irish Music School: Community Corner

This week on Community Corner we're joined with Ashleigh Bunn, board president of the Nashville Irish Music School. We are also joined by her...

Community Corner: Girls Write Nashville

This week on Community Nashville, we had the privilege of speaking with Jen Starsinic, co-founder and Executive Director of Girls Write Nashville. This incredible...

Helping Music Foundation: Community Corner

For this episode of Community Corner, we're speaking with Logan Crowell, the founder of the Helping Music Foundation. The Foundation is a branch of...